Acce s the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Steve Cohen isnt fretting over Juan Sotos slow start to his Mets tenure, saying on Monday that Im not worried about Juan while praising other things the $765 million man has been doing at the plate thus far. Sotos lack of power through the first full month of the season has caught some peoples attention after the Mets signed him to a ma sive contract this past winter. Soto, who went 2-for-4 in the on Monday, has just three home runs on Kenley Jansen Jersey the season and hadnt knocked a ball out of the park since April 15. Juan Soto has hit three homers this season, with his last coming on April 15. Imagn Images But Cohen, who spoke with The Posts Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman on the latest episode of The Show that was published on Monday, spoke highly of the subtle things that Soto has done at the plate that have helped the Mets. Explore More The way that he works a count, makes pitchers throw extra pitches really matters. Then he gets on base, and then Pete [Alonso] can drive him in. And so Petes seen better pitches, Cohen said. Its very subtle how that works and you just cant just look at it in a very narrow sense. And saying that, listen, Im not worried about Juan. I mean, he is singularly focused on baseball, hes a pure hitter and lets have this discu sion at the end of the year. Owner Steve Cohen isnt concerned pricey outfielder Juan Soto is off to a slow start with the Mets. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Soto was hitting .248/.374/.396 with a .770 OPS going into Monday, but was coming off a weekend where he had a pair of hits on Sunday and Friday against the Nats and reached base four times in Sundays 8-7 lo s. Even with Sotos slow start, the Mets have come out of the gate red-hot this season with an MLB-best 20-9 record and winning nine of their past 11 games. And, as of Monday, the 1986 Mets were only two games better than this years version of the Amazins at the same point of the season. CHECK OUT THE AND However, throughout Mets history, sustained succe s has been hard to come by they have only made the postseason in consecutive years twice in franchise history and has led to a cautious attitude from Mets fans. Cohen understood the history that Mets fans carry with them, but in a firm tone, he said that the past was something he couldnt care le s about. Mets owner Steve Cohen said Pete Alonso will explore the free agent market after this season. Corey Sipkin Its irrelevant to me. It means nothing, OK, he said. This is a new regime, a new management, new beliefs in how we operate, and I like the direction were going in. And a lot of great people in this organization. We still have a ways to go to continue building the infrastructure. Doesnt happen just in a couple of years, but were definitely making progre s and I think youre seeing it. Delivering insights on all things Amazins Sign up for Inside the Mets by Mike Puma, exclusively on Sports+ Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! It would seem any part of sustained succe s for the Mets will include Alonso, who will be a free agent after this season and has started off the 2025 season as hot as the team, hitting .333/.451/.646. Cohen told Sherman and Heyman that Alonso would explore the market at the end of the year, which he said he was supportive of, and that the ballclub would see where it goes. Hes a great Met, and I said this last year, if we can work it out, well work it out, but hes going to go explore his market, and you know thats his right, the Mets owner said. Its hard to know how those things work out. I know were happy with him. I believe hes happy to be a Met and thats a good place to start in any future discu sions. Nick Pivetta Jersey
